2 results
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
consultation • Valve ... Myocardial abscess • Vegetation ... cultures • Large vegetation ... repeat echo (to r/o vegetation ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
cardiac valvular vegetations ... Clinical Findings ... irregularly shaped vegetations ... on mitral and aortic ... Vegetations mostly